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Horse Soldiers is an upcoming 2018 American war drama film directed by Nicolai Fuglsig and written by Peter Craig and Ted Tally, based on Doug Stanton’s non-fiction book of same name, about the CIA agents and U.S. Special Forces sent to Afghanistan right after the September 11 attacks. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Austin Stowell, Trevante Rhodes, and Rob Riggle.

Plot

Following the September 11 attacks, CIA agents and US Special Forces team are sent to Afghanistan, where they join forces with General Abdul Rashid Dostum to fight against Taliban.[2]

Cast

Chris Hemsworth as Captain Mitch Nelson[3]

Michael Shannon[3]

Michael Peña[4] as a member of the group on an attempt to cut off the Taliban’s supply line.

Austin Stowell as Staff Sergeant Fred Falls,[5] an American soldier on the elite U.S. Special Forces team.

Trevante Rhodes[6]

Rob Riggle as Colonel Max Bowers,[7]

Austin Hébert as SFC Pat Essex[8]

Ben O’Toole as Scott Black[9]

Navid Negahban as General Abdul Rashid Dostum[2]

Elsa Pataky[10]

Fahim Fazli as Commander Khaled[11]

Peter Malek as Habib

Alison King as Marcha Spencer

Lauren Myers as Lisa Diller

Production

Development

On December 2, 2011, it was announced that producer Jerry Bruckheimer had taken out the script by Ted Tally and rewritten by Peter Craig with Nicolai Fuglsig attached to direct, which was bought by Walt Disney Pictures in 2009 for Bruckheimer, based on the Doug Stanton’s non-fiction book Horse Soldiers.[12] On March 29, 2016, Deadline reported that Bruckheimer had officially hired Fuglsig to make his feature film directorial debut, which would be co-financed and produced by Molly Smith, Trent Luckinbill and Thad Luckinbill through Black Label Media, along with Bruckheimer’s Jerry Bruckheimer Films.[13]

Casting

On September 30, 2016, Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon were cast in the film, and later on November 1, Michael Peña also joined the film.[3][4] On November 3, 2016, athlete turned actor Trevante Rhodes was cast in the film.[6] On November 14, 2016, Austin Stowell was cast in the film to play Staff Sergeant Fred Falls, an American soldier on the elite U.S. Special Forces team.[5] Lionsgate would handle the film’s distribution.[5] On November 15, 2016, Austin Hébert was cast to play SFC Pat Essex, the intellectual and engineer of the team, and the same day it was reported that Ben O’Toole had also been cast for an unspecified role.[8][9] On November 17, 2016, Variety reported that Navid Negahban was cast to play General Abdul Rashid Dostum in the film.[2] Elsa Pataky was revealed to be starring in the film in December 2016, while on February 3, 2017, Deadline reported that Rob Riggle joined the film to play an Army Colonel, Max Bowers.[10][7]

Filming

Principal photography began in early-January 2017 in New Mexico.[10] Mines near Orogrande NM were used . Later the shooting took place in Socorro, where it ended on January 26 after eight days of filming.[14][15] The film will also be shot in Alamogordo, where it would use the White Sands National Monument as shooting location.[16][17]

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The Papers is an upcoming historical drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg from a script written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer and starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep.

Plot

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country’s first female newspaper publisher of The Washington Post, Kay Graham (Meryl Streep) and its hard-driving editor, Ben Bradlee(Tom Hanks) to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government in publishing the Pentagon Papers.

Cast

Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee

Meryl Streep as Kay Graham

Alison Brie as Lally Weymouth

Carrie Coon as Meg Greenfield

David Cross

Bruce Greenwood

Tracy Letts

Bob Odenkirk

Sarah Paulson

Jesse Plemons

Matthew Rhys

Michael Stuhlbarg

Bradley Whitford

Zach Woods

Production

Amy Pascal successfully won a bid in October 2016 for the rights to the film’s screenplay, written by Liz Hannah.[2]

In March 2017, it was announced that Steven Spielberg was in negotiations to direct and produce the project, with Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in talks for the roles of Ben Bradlee and Kay Graham, respectively.[3] The cast includes Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Rhys, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bradley Whitford, and Zach Woods.[4] The film began production in New York on May 30, 2017.[5]

The Papers will receive a limited release on December 22, 2017, followed by a wide release on January 12, 2018.[6]

Music

In July 2017, it was announced that Spielberg’s regular collaborator John Williams will be composing the film’s score. Williams was originally attached to write the music for Spielberg’s Ready Player One, but due to both films having similar post-production schedules, Williams chose to work on this project instead while Alan Silvestri was hired to take over scoring duties for the latter. The Papers marks the 28th collaboration between Williams and Spielberg.[7]

Criticism

Various New York Times figures who were associated with the Pentagon Papers case, including James Greenfield, James Goodale, Allan Siegal and Max Frankel, have objected to The Papers because it does not emphasize the Times‘ role in breaking the story.[8]

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The Current War is an upcoming American biographical historical film directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and written by Michael Mitnick. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Tom Holland, Katherine Waterston, and Tuppence Middleton.

The film is scheduled to be released on December 22, 2017, by The Weinstein Company.

Synopsis

The film is about the competition between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to create a sustainable system and market it to the US.

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison

Michael Shannon as George Westinghouse

Nicholas Hoult as Nikola Tesla

Katherine Waterston as Marguerite Erskine

Tom Holland as Samuel Insull

Tuppence Middleton as Mary Stilwell Edison[1]

Matthew Macfadyen as J.P. Morgan

Conor MacNeill as William Kemmler

Damien Molony as Bourke Cockran

Production

On May 3, 2012, it was reported that Timur Bekmambetov’s company Bazelevs had acquired the rights to the Michael Mitnick script The Current War. Bekmambetov was set to direct.[2] On March 31, 2014, it was reported that Ben Stiller was in negotiations to direct the film.[3] As of September 24, 2015, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jake Gyllenhaal were in talks to play Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse, respectively, with Alfonso Gomez-Rejon eyed to direct the film.[4] On September 29, 2016, Michael Shannon was cast in the film as Westinghouse.[5] On October 4, 2016, Nicholas Hoult joined the cast as Nikola Tesla.[6] In November 2016, Katherine Waterston[7] and Tom Holland[8] joined the cast. In December 2016, Tuppence Middleton[9] and Matthew Macfadyen[10] joined the cast.

Principal photography on the film began on December 18, 2016 in London and surrounding areas, including Swinley Forest, Bracknell.[11]

STORYLINE

The story is set against the backdrop of Detroit’s devastating riots that took place over five summer days in 1967.

Storyline

A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest RACE riots in United States history. The story is centred around the Algiers Motel incident, which occurred in Detroit, Michigan on July 25, 1967, during the racially charged 12th Street Riot. It involves the death of three black men and the brutal beatings of nine other people: seven black men and two white women.

STORYLINE

The King, Maharajah Duleep Singh, was placed on the throne at the age of five only to be robbed of it by a bloody treason at the hands of trusted courtiers.

He was then torn from his mother and taken to England by the British at age fifteen. While in England, he was introduced to Queen Victoria, who took an immediate liking to him, calling him “The Black Prince”. He was indoctrinated into Christianity and baptized, changing his life forever.

Meeting his mother again after thirteen years, the Maharajah awakens to the realities of his former life in Punjab. He then begins the arduous journey to regain all that was lost, and re-embrace the faith of his birth, Sikhism.

Maharajah Duleep Singh, his character as it evolves, torn between two cultures and facing constant dilemmas as a result. His relationship with Queen Victoria will be the most impactful relationship in the film, the Queen representing the English culture he was drawn into. The Black Prince begins a lifelong struggle to regain his Kingdom. It takes him on an extraordinary journey across the world.

Storyline

‘The Black Prince’ is a story of Queen Victoria and the Last King of Punjab, Maharajah Duleep Singh. His character as it evolves, torn between two cultures and facing constant dilemmas as a result. His relationship with Queen Victoria will be the most impactful relationship in the film, the Queen representing the English culture he was drawn into. The Black Prince begins a lifelong struggle to regain his Kingdom. It takes him on an extraordinary journey across the world.

Storyline

After he is fired from the Anti-Villain League for failing to take down the latest bad guy to threaten humanity, Gru finds himself in the midst of a major identity crisis. But when a mysterious stranger shows up to inform Gru that he has a long-lost twin brother-a brother who desperately wishes to follow in his twin’s despicable footsteps-one former super-villain will rediscover just how good it feels to be bad.